When Bucky joins the Avengers, he meets the reader, only to find out that they aren't strangers at all and that they share a past that neither of them remember. Cover art by @AC_A99

"I don't want to exist, I want to live. I want even the darkest pieces inside her. I want to kiss the sorrow off her skin. Isn't that what love is? Isn't that what this beautifully constructed torture feels like? But I want the same from her. The power-hungry part of me wants something in return. I want her to love even the most monstrous parts of me. I want her to love me for the madman I am."